This year’s BetonTage – Europe’s largest industrial congress with nearly 2,000 participants at the Ulm Congress Centrum – having just successfully ended, shortly before this issue of BFT went to...
The construction of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Village, which is part of the redevelopment of the former Porta Romana railroad station, is an ambitious and innovative project that has caused quite...
A leading construction and service company, operating in several African countries, has selected the Elkoblock-25 for setting up a new concrete block production line in Zimbabwe. In combination with...
In addition to the previous article, the BFT editorial team asked Bert Panis (Product Innovation Manager and responsible for mold purchasing at Ebema, among other things) and Bastian Gerhard (Field...
At bauma 2025, the company Paul Maschinenfabrik presents innovations and proven technology for the production of prestressed concrete. The engineering company, based in Upper Swabia in Germany’s...
All good things are worth waiting for, the saying goes. Likewise, something is happening underground, at last: In Salzgitter in the State of Lower Saxony, construction of the Konrad mine spent nuclear...
The BT Master SC is the further development of the successful BT-Master stone and coarse ceramic inspection system that has been tested in some of the most advanced brick and concrete plants in...
The company Blue Workx has been active in the production of transport and storage solutions for the precast industry since 2014. Fred Driessen – formerly the owner of Driessen Speciaaltransport, and...
The Erinvale Estate Hotel and Spa in Somerset West has undergone an extensive landscaping makeover. In addition to re-planting large tracts of the estate’s gardens, a major component of the project...
Over the centuries, concrete has become established in the construction industry as an extremely reliable and flexible material. Its versatile possibilities of application as well as its ability to...
In the concrete industry, the requirements on pigment dosing vary depending on the production scale. While large-scale industrial manufacturing facilities often require customized high-performance...
The Bibko Company is a specialist in the field of residual concrete and wash water treatment in the ready-mixed concrete, precast concrete and concrete products industries. Another focus is on the...
At bauma, Elematic launches a tailored service offering with digital services, shares how to automate and digitize the precast process for improved efficiency, introduces a mobile precast plant to...
At bauma 2025 in Munich, Kniele GmbH, a family-run business based in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, will present its latest developments and technological innovations in concrete...
The Harzer Betonwarenwerke Company located in Goslar has a ControCirc milling machine, that Messmann had supplied in 1997, replaced by a ControCirc of the latest generation after almost 30 years. It...
PROGRESS GROUP will be presenting its innovations in the fields of automation, digitalization and construction building systems at bauma 2025. At stands 313 and 413 in hall B1, live demonstrations of...
Afinitas, the leading global infrastructure equipment and services company, has launched a platform of wetcast automation systems aimed at helping precast concrete producers enhance productivity,...
FRIMA is a company that operates worldwide and specializes in the construction, building and assembly of concrete block plants. In the area of concrete block machines we offer our customers the most...
KBH is a German, family owned company producing secondary processing and handling equipment for the concrete industry – globally. KBH owns & operates a number of 3 paver/block plants & owns a gravel...
TOPWERK is the world’s leading supplier of machines, plants, and systems for industrially manufactured concrete products. Its services and products set the standards for international technology,...
Investing in new machinery has made the GBS Prefab site one of the most technically advanced precast plants in Bulgaria. As a member of Glavbolgarstroy Holding, a leading Bulgarian construction...
A game-changer in concrete productionThe construction industry is witnessing a significant transformation with the establishment of Germany’s first climate-positive concrete plant in Soltau. Built by...
Masa presents the first results of an R&D project aimed at developing a new intelligent plant control system at bauma 2025, as the following article illustrates.
The decision-makers at Ameritex are setting the course for continually expanding its market position through quantitative and qualitative growth and by goal-oriented investment. Among the means for...
Over the last couple of years, precast producer BEFER GmbH TAT GmbH has successfully invested in a new concrete mixing plant and a modern factory building to increase the efficiency and quality of...
Since 2003, the Lacobas Construct company has been operating in the building materials market of the Republic of Moldavia with success. Meanwhile, Iacobas Construct has developed to one of the...
At the upcoming bauma, the world‘s leading trade fair for construction machinery, which will take place from April 7 to 13, 2025 in Munich, Eurobend will be showcasing the latest innovations in the...
Industrial robots have already been established as a proven solution for the automation of welding processes for several years now. They offer great speed and high precision, resulting in an improved...
Max Co., Ltd. is currently developing a Rebar Tying Unit for Automation for the production lines of precast concrete factories. Normally, workers tie rebars using wires in precast products. This Rebar...
The education center Bildungshaus NeckarPark in Bad Cannstatt is one of the largest and most innovative school construction projects of the German federal state capital of Stuttgart. The Schöck...
The Belgian concrete construction materials manufacturer Ebema employs a team of around 250 in its three subsidiaries in Zutendaal, Rijkevorsel and Grobbendonk. It generates an annual revenue of...
Ratec is considered a pioneer in the field of magnetic formwork and has also attracted attention with innovative 3D mold solutions over the past 15 years. Since 2018, Ratec has already installed over...
Assyx, headquartered in Andernach, is known as a manufacturer of high-quality production pallets featuring a polyurethane coating from Covestro and a core made of laminated veneer lumber (LVL). This...
In recent years, the topic of sustainability has become increasingly important in the construction sector. Alkus AG intends to take the lead toward this goal. These efforts are in the spirit of its...
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